Affective forecasting in elections: A socio-communicative perspective

Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt; Christian Baden; Tali Aharoni; Maximilian Overbeck

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Affective forecasting in elections: A socio-communicative perspective

Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt^*, Christian Baden, Tali Aharoni, Maximilian Overbeck

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Department of Communication and Journalism

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In orienting themselves to the future, people form expectations not only on what will happen but also on how they will feel about possible future occurrences. So far, such affective forecasting - the prediction of future feelings - has been studied mainly from a psychological perspective. This study aims to show the importance of a socio-communicative perspective for understanding the predictors, manifestations, and consequences of affective forecasting, especially when collective futures are at stake. Using the case study of the 2019-2021 Israeli elections and a combination of a 12-wave survey and 25 focus groups, we show how political affective forecasts are associated with socio-communicative factors, are used in social interactions, and have consequences for political polarization and participation. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of our findings for future research on affective forecasting in communication studies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	553-566
Number of pages	14
Journal	Human Communication Research
Volume	48
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac007
State	Published - 1 Oct 2022

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Funding Information:
The study is part of the PROFECI research project (Mediating the Future: The Social Dynamics of Public Projections, http:// profeci.net/). We are indebted to Nidaa Nassar, Aysha Agbarya, Moran Avital, Naama Weiss Yaniv, Ohad Ufaz, Yaara Abado, Dvora Newman, and Hila Yerushalmi for their research assistance, and to Sharon Ben-Aryeh and Bat sheva Hass for their coordination of the project. We also wish to thank Eedan Amit-Danhi, four anonymous reviewers, Associate Editor Sophie Lecheler, and Editor-in-Chief Yariv Tsfati for their insightful comments on this manuscript throughout the review process. ERC Starting Grant 802990.

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© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of International Communication Association.

Keywords

Affect
Electoral Projections
Polarization
Political Communication
Social Identity

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